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uick Take: The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Patrol. But a claim circulating online falsely suggests that the administration has stopped testing detained immigrants before they are released.
Full Story: A Texas sheriff told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Feb. 9, âitâs absolutely trueâ that immigrants detained after crossing the border have been released into the U.S. without being tested for COVID-19.
The sheriff, A.J. Louderback, then cited and misrepresented a memo issued by David Pekoske, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on the first day of President Joe Bidenâs term.
Last week, there were two positive developments relating to Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and its German partner BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, and one possible negative development. Firstly, Pfizer says based on internal testing that its vaccine can tolerate warmer temperatures than initially specified, possibly making it easier to handle and distribute. Under current protocol, the vaccine is being stored and transported at ultra-cold temperatures of -80 to -60 degrees Celsius until five days before use, calling for specialized equipment and a longer thawing period. However, the company is now asking the FDA to allow the shot to be stored for up to two weeks at -25 to -15 degrees Celsius, enabling the use of more standard freezers. This could make the shot more accessible in rural areas and emerging markets that don’t have special freezers. That said, rival Moderna’s shot is still easier to handle, as it can be stored at standard freezer temperatures for as long as six months and remain
Our indicative theme of Cybersecurity Stocks has returned over 150% since the end of 2019, compared to gains of about 21% on the S&P 500 over the same period. The theme is up by about 5% year-to-date.
Protesting and music have long overlapped in the United States, dating back to the days of 20th-century union strikes and Billie Holliday’s poetic rendition of “Strange Fruit.”
Most notably when it comes to R&B, rock, and rap, there’s always been a roaring feeling of urgency in protest music. With the rise of Black Lives Matter, it’s been no different. Songs like “Hell you Talmbout” by Janelle Monae, Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” and Black Thought’s “Rest in Power” perfectly encapsulate long-held feelings of staunch disapproval towards America’s highest leadership.
The BLM movement has existed since 2013, following the controversial acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, and it has encompassed the pain, outrage, and determination of millions of African-Americans into collective action. Their actions have started conversations in favor of defunding and abolishing police departments, providing proper assistance to victims of sy
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uick Take: Social media posts point out that the web address antifa.com now redirects to the White House website. That’s true, but in need of some important context: Whoever owns a domain name can instruct it to reroute to whichever website they’d like.
Full Story: After President Joe Biden was sworn into office, social media users and websites drew attention to the curious fact that the URL âantifa.comâ is set up to automatically take users to the official White House website.
That’s true, but many of the posts spreading that information stand to mislead users because they omit an important bit of context: Anyone who owns a domain name can create such a redirect. In other words, the owner of antifa.com can set up the redirect to whitehouse.gov without the White House’s permission.